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Assassination Records Review Board
Final Determination Notification

AGENCY : HSCA
RECORD NUMBER : 180-10070-10160
RECORD SERIES : STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS
AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

December 8, 1995

Status of Document: Postponed in Part

Number of releases of previously postponed information: 12

Reason for Board Action: The Review Board's decision was premised on several factors
including: (a) the significant historical interest in the document in question; (b) the
absence of evidence that the release of the information would cause harm to the United
States or to any individual.

| Number of Postponements: 6

Postponements: All the postponements in this document represent Social Security numbers.
Reason for Board Action: The text is redacted because the public disclosure of the redaction could
reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, and that i invasion of
privacy would be so substantial that it outweighs the public interest.

- Substitute Language: SSN

Date of Next Review: 2017

Board Review Completed: 10/24/95

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY : HSCA
RECORD NUMBER : 180-10070-10160 |

RECORDS SERIES :
STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS

ORIGINATOR :
FROM :
TO :

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DATE
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10/07/76
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SUBJECTS :
HSCA; ADMINISTRATION
SPRAGUE, RICHARD A.

DOCUMENT TYPE

PRINTED FORM

CLASSIFICATION : U
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CURRENT STATUS : P .
DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/16/93

OPENING CRITERIA

COMMENTS

Three copies of resume. Box 3.

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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM .

(Please Use: Typewriter. ~ >> US. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES . °° (Any erasures, corrections, or changes =

or Ballpoint Pen) "Washington, D.C. 20515. ~—=—=—=—==«n. this form must be initialed by the

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authorizing official.)

‘To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

| hereby authorize the following payroll action:

L : Effective Date _
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_ Type of Action —

Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)

Richard A. Sprague 4
Employee Social Security Number.

402 30 5486

] Appointment

CJ Selary Adjustment :

Termination (At close of business on effective date)

Select Comittee on Assassinations

- (If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.) --

Position Title Gross Annual Salary =

- Date March 30 _ 1947

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2. Lx Special or Select Committee: Authority H. Res.__bb of 35th. Congress. .

3. [] Joint Committee..

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Position Number ____If applicable, Level

Step...

-t. certify that this. authorization is not in- violation: of -5- US.G. 3110(b}, prohibiting the employment of
relatives.

(Signature of Authorizing Official) _

_ Louis Stokes, Chairman

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_ Select Commi ttee on Assassinations

*, All appointments and. salary adjustments:for employees under: the ‘House Classification Act-and for ‘Gommittee em-° =~:

ployees, except: those of the Committee on-Appropriations, the Committee ‘on’ the: Budget, and the Joint Committees, must”
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_ be.approved by.the Committee on House Administration. :

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| hereby authorize the following payroll action: ©»

“Sy _ Employee Name (First-Middle-Last) Effective Date

Type of Action
. 402 30 6486 ~ | [7] Appointment

Employing Office or Committee BE Salary Adjustment

(] Termination (At close of business on effective date)

Select Committee on Assassinations

(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)

| Position Title . Gross Annual Salary

(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)

1. [J Standing Committee: Staff—[_] Clerical or [_] Professional.

2. K] x] Special or Select Committee: Authority—H. Res._T4}_____ of ___§& Congress.

3. LJ Joint Colaihittes,.

_ (If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)

Position Number If applicable, Level_

| certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of

relatives.
Date: Fn oy ee
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Chairman, Committee on House Administration

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MEMORANDUM

TO: ; All Staff Employees
"PROM: ‘Budget Officer ~
| DATE: January 3, 1977

RE: Payroll Certification —

“Starting with ‘the January, 1977 payroll, “the certification — _

to the House. Finance Office requires, among other things, the.
relationship, if any, of each staff employee to any current”

the < certi fication: :

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(Signoture of Authorizing ia
Thomas §. Dowling, Crairnar

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All appointments-and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee em- . x

ployees, except those of the Committee ‘on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must \
be approved by the Committee on House Administration.

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Richard A. Sprague ; October. 7; 1976
Employee Social Security Number

402- 30- 6486 ©

Position Title

) Gross Annual Salary
Acting Counsel and Director $39,600.00.

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{Signature of f Authoring ¢ Offical) —_

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: -ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the = some itee on the beget, and the Joint Lomminees, must
“be cpproved by the Committee on House Administration. ;

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“RICHARD A SPRAGUE 7
ACTING COUNSEL AND DIRECTOR»

» HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS ER

Presently of Counsel to David Berger, RP. he, Attorneys

“at Law, 1622 Locust Street,. Philadelphia, — engaged
principally in private practice and trial. counsel in

major national and international litigation, i.e. anti-
trust and corporate trial work; and serving as Special
Prosecutor for various District Attorneys: in the. U. S. —

Formerly the Pirst ‘Assistant District Attorney of u
Philadelphia County, Pa., from June 1966 until December ,_
1974. After appointment to the District Attorney'S~ .°
Office in 1958, served.as Chief Assistant District

Attorney-Chief of the Prosecution Division, Chief. of the

Trial Division and Chief of the Homicide Division. Rep- |

resented the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as Prosecuting —
Attorney in more than 10,000 criminal trials, including ©

hundreds of murder cases, more than sixty of which were:
first degree murder cases, and- obtained the death penalty

~ more than 20 times.

served as Special Prosecutor “for ‘Washington county, Pa. |
for the prosecution of the Yablonski murder cases. Also —

served as Special Assistant to the Attorney General of 7
the United States for the federal prosecution of Ww. A. .

"Tony" Boyle.

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Acted as Special. prosecutor for Delaware ‘County, | oe
 £rom 1971 to 1974 to investigate allegations of govern=
mental corruption. — a wk Sed

prior ‘to joining the District ‘Attorney’ s Office, ‘Served |

as a Voluntary Defender in the Defender Association of =

Philadelphia for more than 1 1/2 years. —

Lecturer on Trial ‘Tactics in ‘Criminal prials and.

Lecturer on Criminal Law Procedures — at Temple University
Law School, Philadelphia. ; . a

Faculty member , American Trial Lawyers s aeootiations

Member of the Bar of the Supreme Court, ‘of. ‘the U. Se

Member of ‘the ‘Pennsylvania. ‘Bar Association, and ‘American ©

Bar Association.

Member of the philadelphia Bar - association; from 1971

to 1974, member of Board of Governors; formerly Vice-
Chairman of Committee on Criminal Law and member of mes
numerous committees and sub- committees. — Fo me

Formerly Treasurer of Philadelphia Regional Planning
Council of the Governor’ s Justice Commission. —

Served in the united States Navy, Submarine Service,

during World War TI.

“LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania Law | School.

B.S. from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.

Attended Lafayette High school, Lexington, Kentucky. aa

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 22, 1925.

"RICHARD A SPRAGUE.

ve ACTING COUNSEL AND DIRECTOR
| HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

_ > PROFESSIONAL © presently of Counsel to pavid Berger, Pp, AL, Attorneys:
EXPERIENCE: at Law, 1622 Locust Street, Philadelphia, engaged
a oe —_ _principally in private practice and trial counsel in
major national and international litigation, i.e. anti- |
trust and corporate trial work; and serving as Special
Prosecutor for various District Attorneys. in the U.S.

Formerly the First “Assistant District Attorney. of —
Philadelphia County, Pa., from June 1966 until December,
1974. . After appointment to the District Attorney'S | °-
Office in 1958, served as Chief Assistant District
-Attorney-Chief of the Prosecution Division, Chief. of the
Trial Division and Chief of the Homicide Division. Rep-
resented the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as Prosecuting ~
_ Attorney in more than 10,000 criminal trials, including |
- hundreds of murder cases, more than sixty of which were
first degree murder cases, and obtained | the death penalty”
'. more than 20. times. a no Sete

”. Served as “Special Prosecutor for Washington County, Pa. =
for the prosecution of the Yablonski murder cases. Also —
served as Special Assistant to the Attorney General of
‘the United States for the. federal prosecution of Ww. A. veh
"Tony" Boyle. . Bo ae

Poe Acted as special prosecutor ‘for Delaware County, Pa. .
foe oo.) from 1971 to 1974 to investigate allegations of govern= — ;
| . 7 mental corruption. — . .

Prior ‘to joining the District Attorney" s Office, served
as a Voluntary Defender in’ the Defender Association of:
‘Philadelphia for more than 1 12 years. ;

_ Lecturer on Trial Tactics. in Criminal trials ‘and °
Lecturer on Criminal Law Procedures at Temple University
Law School, Philadelphia. _ . |

“Faculty member , American Trial Lawyers, Association. —
-. ORGANIZATIONS: © Member of the Bar of ‘the Supreme court of the vu. Ss.

- Member of ‘the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and american
Bar Association. a ae

‘Member. of the philadelphia. Bar “Association; from 1971.
to 1974, member of Board of Governors; formerly Vice- —
Chairman of Committee on Criminal Law and member - of .

numerous committees and sub- committees.

Formerly Treasurer of Philadelphia Regional Planning
Council of the Governor’ s Justice Commission. . “

MILITARY a “Served in the United States Navy, Submarine Service,
SERVICE: © _ during World War Ii. a ;
EDUCATION: | Lb. B. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. oe

_=&B, Ss. from Temple University, philadelphia, Pa.
Attended Lafayette High School, Lexington, ‘Kentucky. a

: Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 22, (1925— ae

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. PROFESSIONAL

ORGANIZATIONS:

_ "RICHARD A ‘SPRAGUE
“ACTING COUNSEL AND DIRECTOR »

_ HOUSE, SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS a

presently of Counsel ‘to David Berger, Pp, A., Attorneys. 7
at Law, 1622 Locust Street, Philadelphia, engaged - -

principally in private practice and trial counsel in

major. national and international litigation, i.e. anti-.—

ss trust and corporate trial work; and. serving as Special
_ Prosecutor for various District Attorneys in _ the U.S.

Formerly the First Assistant District Attorney of

Philadelphia County, Pa., from June 1966 until December,
1974. After appointment to the District Attorney'S =.
Office in 1958, served as Chief Assistant District |
Attorney-Chief of the Prosecution Division, Chief: of the

‘Prial Division and Chief of the Homicide Division.  Rep-~
'-yesented the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as Prosecuting ~
Attorney in more than 10,000 criminal trials, including |
hundreds of murder cases, more than sixty of which were >
- first degree. murder cases, and obtained ‘the death penalty
- more than 20 times -." Dep a Be 4

Served as Special prosecutor ‘for Washington county, Pa.
for the prosecution of the Yablonski murder cases. Also:
served as Special Assistant to the Attorney General of

the United States for the federal prosecution of W- A.

=. "Tony" Bote

“Acted as “Special Prosecutor “for ‘Delaware County, ae
from 1971 to 1974 to investigate allegations of govern- 7

mental corruption.

Prior to joining ‘the District Attorney’ Ss Office, Served _

as a Voluntary Defender in the Defender Association of |

Philadelphia for more than 1 fe years.

Lecturer on Trial factics in “Criminal. rrials and

- Lecturer on Criminal Law Procedures at ‘Temple University
Law School, Philadelphia. - oe ote

Faculty member, American trial Lawyers Association.

Member Of the Bar of ‘the Supreme court of the U. S.

- Member ‘of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and american

Bar Association.

~ Member of - ‘the Philadelphia Bar “Association; ; from 1971

to 1974, member of Board of Governors; formerly Vice-
Chairman of Committee on Criminal Law and member of - coe

~numerous committees and sub-committees. °°

Formerly Treasurer of Philadelphia Regional Planning
Council | of the Governor’ s Justice Commission. -

Served in the United . States | Navy ‘Submarine Service, —

, during World War II.

LL. B. from the ‘University of Pennsylvania, Law School.

B.S. from Temple university, Philadelphia, ‘Pa. -

Attended Lafayette High School, Lexington, Kentucky.

"Born in ‘Baltimore, Maryland, September 22, 1925

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